Next Villa manager

[richtheholtender]

I certainly think we need to stop this former blues and West Brom recruitment policy.

[john e]

Dean Smith ..... Villa fan ...has passion ..... done excellent job at Walsall and Brentford

Smith is Villa through and through. Plus Brentford made us look like donkeys at VP.

And why bloody not?
Probably the best team ive seen at VP so far
I'm sick of being linked with the usual dinosaurs.
How about giving a Villa fan a go whose career is definitely on the up.

I'd love him as our manager but the job is way too big for him.

Why do you say that? Maybe he's exactly what we need..?

The biggest job he's had is Brentford. He was a lower divisions player. He's a great bloke, he's doing well but I can't see being doing what we need now. He's Turner and we need Taylor.

Well yes, quite. We tried a 21st century version of Taylor with Lambert. Remind us how that worked out again?  I can't see a problem with Smith, under the circumstances.

Lambert, Bruce, Mcliesh, de Mateo, Alardyce, Pulis, Hughes, Moyes, Mclaren
not a fag paper between the lot of them, all out of the same pot

[Monty]

Warnock would not suit our players and would not be the man for a long rebuild job. Let's say we hire him - he grafts a couple of 1-0 wins out, takes us clear of relegation to the third division, great, but then what? What does he do next? Where do we go with him as manager?

No, let's have a bit more ambition and forward thinking, surely.

[Taylor]

Neil Warnock at Villa park? I realise we have fallen a long way, but for f**ks sake that would do if for me.

Can I ask why? He is completely proven at this level

Because we are Aston Villa, not Palace, or Sheffield United. Warnock may know how to compete "at this level" but we need a manager to get us out of this league and beyond. I honestly thought RDM was that man, and he still may be. But I would be embarrassed if Neil Warnock was appointed as Villa manager. From the list above I would only consider Dean Smith.

[Toronto Villa]

No desire at all to ever see Warnock as manager. I realize things are bad but fuck me, Neil bastard Warnock? Suggesting Steve Bruce has given me ulcers let alone someone like Warnock who is best now a surivival merchant but will never be big enough for a club like us. And I mean that as arrogantly as it sounds despite our current predicament.

[Nunkin1965]

Dean Smith ..... Villa fan ...has passion ..... done excellent job at Walsall and Brentford

Smith is Villa through and through. Plus Brentford made us look like donkeys at VP.

And why bloody not?
Probably the best team ive seen at VP so far
I'm sick of being linked with the usual dinosaurs.
How about giving a Villa fan a go whose career is definitely on the up.

I'd love him as our manager but the job is way too big for him.

To be quite honest Dave, we as a club are sinking lower and lower. I love Villa with all my heart like everyone on here. I put them in front of most things in my life.
It would be a great story but I probably agree with you.

We"re sinking though. Look what was happening to Marc Albrighton while Smith brought little Brentford to VP and for 1 hour outplayed us.

I think we"d ruin him. Not the other way round. Why manage this mess when you can continue your career on an upward curve.

Who wouldn't outplay us now?
Honestly, I seriously think at the moment,on form we're in the worst three teams in this league.

Thats true. We are comfortably inside the worst 3 I'd say. Thats not just because we've lost today but on all I've seen so far. We are miles away from being anything like a team. Apart from  Rotherham and that rally agsinst Newcastle and a few pathetic spells here and there I'm struggling to think of when Villa have looked like they are playing as a team.

In this league you only need 1 or 2 to be off their game and you're in a battle. Villa have had half a side going awol in most games.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

No desire at all to ever see Warnock as manager. I realize things are bad but fuck me, Neil bastard Warnock? Suggesting Steve Bruce has given me ulcers let alone someone like Warnock who is best now a surivival merchant but will never be big enough for a club like us. And I mean that as arrogantly as it sounds despite our current predicament.

I'm the same. Warnock? FFS. Potatohead? We need to get rid of Peanuthead first. Despite still being extremely pissed off, I'm going to try and enjoy what's left of the weekend. I still remember, far back, when the Villa didn't ruin my weekends, now it seems the norm. I really wish I didn't care.

[john e]

I think the criteria will be someone who dr Xia had actually heard of , I believe this is why De Mateo got the job in the first place
so it will count out the likes of Warnock, Smith etc

someone earlier said he would go foreign, and I think that's highly likely

[tomd2103]

Dean Smith ..... Villa fan ...has passion ..... done excellent job at Walsall and Brentford

Smith is Villa through and through. Plus Brentford made us look like donkeys at VP.

And why bloody not?
Probably the best team ive seen at VP so far
I'm sick of being linked with the usual dinosaurs.
How about giving a Villa fan a go whose career is definitely on the up.

I'd love him as our manager but the job is way too big for him.

Why do you say that? Maybe he's exactly what we need..?

The biggest job he's had is Brentford. He was a lower divisions player. He's a great bloke, he's doing well but I can't see being doing what we need now. He's Turner and we need Taylor.

Well yes, quite. We tried a 21st century version of Taylor with Lambert. Remind us how that worked out again?  I can't see a problem with Smith, under the circumstances.

Taylor had a far longer and better top flight record than Lambert did before he arrived at Villa. 

[VillaAlways]

No desire at all to ever see Warnock as manager. I realize things are bad but fuck me, Neil bastard Warnock? Suggesting Steve Bruce has given me ulcers let alone someone like Warnock who is best now a surivival merchant but will never be big enough for a club like us. And I mean that as arrogantly as it sounds despite our current predicament.

Sitting 19th in the Championship, isn't that what we need ?

[Toronto Villa]

No desire at all to ever see Warnock as manager. I realize things are bad but fuck me, Neil bastard Warnock? Suggesting Steve Bruce has given me ulcers let alone someone like Warnock who is best now a surivival merchant but will never be big enough for a club like us. And I mean that as arrogantly as it sounds despite our current predicament.

I'm the same. Warnock? FFS. Potatohead? We need to get rid of Peanuthead first. Despite still being extremely pissed off, I'm going to try and enjoy what's left of the weekend. I still remember, far back, when the Villa didn't ruin my weekends, now it seems the norm. I really wish I didn't care.

Creating this thread, something one of us has had to do on here seemingly every few months fucks me off massively. I wish, like you I didn't give as shit but I do. I wish I cared about this club just like any number of the players that have turned up in an official kit in the past few years, claiming how much they wanted to be here and then performing like it was the biggest inconvenience to their fucking pampered lives.

I'm tired of the hope. I'm tired of the realization that I was stupid to have hope in the first place. Since MON left it has been one disaster followed by another. I'm fully expecting that when Xia does replace RDM it simply won't get any better because getting better no longer happens to us.

[Toronto Villa]

No desire at all to ever see Warnock as manager. I realize things are bad but fuck me, Neil bastard Warnock? Suggesting Steve Bruce has given me ulcers let alone someone like Warnock who is best now a surivival merchant but will never be big enough for a club like us. And I mean that as arrogantly as it sounds despite our current predicament.

Sitting 19th in the Championship, isn't that what we need ?

I have no doubt he could come in and get us a couple of wins to get us to 14th. Then what? We're stuck with him being massively average for the rest of the season. Sorry, not interested.

[Steve67]

Sven?

[Brend'Watkins]

The squad we have is as good as anything in this league and much better than most of the teams. The organisation, attitude, desire, concentration, and nous is worse than most.  Rowett I'm sure would sort it.

[The_ads]

It won't be Xia picking the manager. It'll be Steve Round. As it will be for sacking RDM